Within blocks of the rail, light manufacturing neighborhoods bustles with trucks, lifts, and makers tinkering away the morning light. Filled with heavy spanning warehouses moving products such as Coca Cola, wood, electronics, and more are the daily rituals of the sites near the Triboro Rx. On rail moving once an hour, a train slowly reminisces the historical past of the freight. How does this rail become a way to connect the different neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens?

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The absence and knowledge of the historical infrastructure inspired a series of thematic reclamation projects, introducing new themes of production and public space to key points of the site. These prospective designs, students individually and collectively, drew existing programs from the Freight Belt to remake new futures. The belt no longer is a division within their worlds but a connection of commons for people, objects, beasts, plants and the natural elements. A new public for Brooklyn, Queens, and Hunts Point.